Nashaat Antonious was under the gun and down to only 55,000. He put it in the middle and it folded to Michael McCarthy on the button. He raised to 110,000 and Duff Charette came along from the big blind. Antonious was at risk while McCarthy and Charette played it out for 110,000-chip side pot.

Michael McCarthy and Duff Charette were heads up on a board. McCarthy lead for 110,000 and Charette made it 250,000 to go. McCarthy verified the amount of the bet, then announced, “All-in.” Charette called off 800,000 total and was at risk.

McCarthy: for an overpairCharette: for two over cards and a flush draw

Turn and river:

Charette hit trips and took the land in the hand doubling through McCarthy. After being down to less than two big blinds short of the money, he now holds 1,800,000 with 15 players left.

Previous chip leader Lunique Petiote let a pile of his chips go between tablemates Michael McCarthy, Rob Manjura and James Peterson. Down to just a couple hundred thousand, it was McCarthy who got the last of them.

Petiote was eliminated in 19th place moments ago leaving the field at 18 and the final two tables.

Brett Bader raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and Richard Carr called from the button. It was on Jason Goldman in the big blind and he jammed roughly 320,000. Bader folded while Carr called quickly.

Carr: Goldman:

Runout:

Carr flopped a set while Goldman hit a pair. Goldman improved to two pair on the turn and gained some river outs, but it wasn’t meant to be. Carr’s set was best and Goldman was eliminated in 22nd place.

James Peterson and Mirza Nagji recently got all of Peterson’s 1,250,000 chips in the middle preflop in what was the largest pot of the tournament thus far. Nagji — who owned about 1,550,000 chips — was poised to take a huge one. Unfortunately, the pair turned over the same pair — aces.

Carlos Loving kicked it off with a raise to 25,000 from middle position. Duff Charette called from the cutoff. It was on Maksim Budovskiy in the big blind and he moved all-in for about 240,000. Loving quickly called and Charette bowed out, open folding . Budovskiy was at risk.